Leah Brown – Georgia 1997.
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Cristina Bontas documentary
Cristina Bontas was an Olympic Champion with Romania in Barcelona.
A coach today, she’s an unforgettable character.
Watch it on YouTube. (2018). The video can’t be embedded.
Simone talks to Mom about Tokyo
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Cheng Vaults
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1993 Dee Dee Foster – Floor
P Bars double tuck 1/1 twist
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Makayla Maxwell – Vault
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STICK like Uchimura
Dvora Meyers put together a deep dive into the history of competition Gymnastics landings. She digs into the evolution of landing mats, as well.
The most dangerous part of most routines.
If gymnasts are allowed a controlled lunge on Floor, use that technique. It’s much safer — absorbing force over more time and distance.
Personally, my strategy as a coach is to train competition landings with the goal of a 0.1 deduction small hop. If the gymnasts happens to STICK for no deduction once-in-a-while, I consider it a 0.1 bonus over the plan.
Read the article on Defector:
The Case Against Sticking The Landing
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5 difficult Beam skills
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Rylie Mundell – Beam
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